Railroad construction.



w. H. MORGAN.

RMLROAD CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION HLED Aue.5. 1914.

1,149,393. I Patented Aug. 10, 1915. Eff-Z.

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[N VEN TOR Wig NESSES Altomey W. H. MORGAN. RAILROAD cowsmucnom APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, 1914.

1,149,393. Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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WILLIAM HENRY MORGAN,- or ALLIANCE, onio.

RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.

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Application filed August 5, 1914. Serial No. 855,186.

TO-aZZ whom it may concern Y 7 Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. MORGAN,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Alliance, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, have inventedcert-ain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Corr struction, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others 10 skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

My} invention relates to an improvement in railroad construction, and is an improvement on the invention disclosed in my application Serial'Number 8%,313 filed May In the present improvement I have disclosed improved means for locking the rails to the chair, the construction being such that the rails and supporting girders for the latter may be removed without disturbing any of theparts on which the rail carrying girders rest. 7 p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 25 is a view in elevation partly in section of my improvement; Fig. 2 is a view in perspectiveof' a tie, its side wings or-pro ections and chairs"; Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of one of the rail carrying plates: Fig. 1 is a similar view of one of the locking strips; Fig. 5 is aview similar to Fig. 1

showing the parts insulated and Fig. 6 is a view of one of the insulating bushings. v

l'represents a tie, preferably made of old railroad rail and inverted, so that the base flange of the rail constitutes the top flange 2 of the tie, and3 are a series of wings riveted or otherwise secured tothe' web of the tie immediately under the top flange of 40 the latter, and bearing againstsaid top flange. The surface area of these wings together with the parts of the top flange that are exposed, afford ample support for the tiesand limit the penetration of the lower edge of the tie into the road bed and by increasing the size of the wings,the bearing surface of the ties may be increased as necessityv demands. These wings are preferably made of sheet metal, and are provided with @flanged sides and ends, forming open box llKQ structures. withinwhich the ballast may pack, and which when tamped or filled, will .preventthe tie from creeping either longitudinally or laterally. These wingsfil are preferably provided with lips e struck up from the top. and adaptedto be bent vover the top flange 2 of the tie, for locking the wings to the tie, and each is also preferably provided centrally with a strengthening rib formed byd-epressing the wings transversely at; the centers thereof as shown in Fig.2. The wings 3 are preferably located,

hSpecificationof Letters Patent. Pajfi g ted Au.g 1(

two at each end of the tie and preferably at each side of the chairs. Each chair is composed of two sections 7, preferably made of sheet metalpressed or stamped into shape,

and each terminating at its upper end in a shoulder 8 and upwardly projecting flange 9, the free upper edge of which latter curves inwardly toward the rail. Each chair section strengthened and reinforced by the 'Illi) or brace 10., stamped or pressedout from the upright, base member, and shoulder 8 of the section, and extends from adjacent the outer edge of the base member to approximately-the outer edge of theshoulder 8, and operates to prevent any outward deflection or collapsing of the chair sections under. any stresses to which they may be subjected. The base member 11 of. each chair section is. provided atits side edges with the flanges 12 which are ,bent' around under the top flange 2 of the tie, andlock the parts or. sections of the chair to the tie. If the wings 3 belocated under the chair sections, the former should be recessed as shown in Fig. 1, to receive the bent flanges thus permitting the wings to rest up solidly against the bent flanges of the chair sections and also againstthe top flange of the tie,

Resting on the shoulders 8 of the chair are the wearing strips13, which are'he'ld against longitudinal displacement by an "integral tongue 14, which-passes through a slot in the top flange 9 of its chair section, the

tongue being bent or curved into hook shape so as .to preventany movement of, the strip toward the girder 15, which is supported on the strips. The girders 15 are 'preferably old steel rails, placed head down between the sections of the'chairs, with their base flanges resting onsaid wearing strips 13, which as before explained are seated on. the shoulders 8 of the chairs. f

Any other form of girder will however answer the purpose, but I prefer old rails,

not only on account of their cheapness, but

also because of; the superior metal of which they are. made; They are suspended between the chair sections, clear of the ties,

and support-the rails throughout the length of the latter, except possibly at switches,

and are arrangedto break joints with the rails, so that a joint in the railand a joint in the girder will not come between the same ties.

The rails 16 are loosely seated on the girders, with their base flanges in a plane below the upper edges of the top flanges 9 of the 'mately conform to the curvature of the top flange 9 of the chair section.

The locking strips are driven endwlse onto the flanges 9,

and are held thereon against upward displacement by friction andthe curvature of the parts, and when in place, overhang the base flange of the rail and prevent the possibility of vertical displacement of the latter, but without contacting with said rail, so as not to interfere with a free limited vertical movement, or a longitudinal movement of the rail on the girder.

The free inner edges 1819of the locking plates are bent inwardly and form side abutments for the rail. and by making their bent edges of different lengths as shown in Fig. 1 it is possible to move the rail toward its companion rail in order to compensate for wear. As an illustration, suppose the rail 16 shown in Fig. 1 should be worn on its left hand side; by simply exchanging the looking strips 17 so that those with the longer projecting edges 18 will be at the right side, instead of at the left as shown, the rail will be shifted to the left a distance equal tothe difference in length between the edges 18- 19. Each locking strip 17 is also preferably provided with a tongue 20 formed by slit ting the inner edges 1819 of the locking strips as shown in Fig. 4. These tongues are bent downwardly and bear against the top of the hook tongue 14:, and together with the outer edge of the locking strips 17 which also bear against the top surface of said tongue 14, lock the wearing strips 13 in place. By removing the locking strips the rails andgirders are free to be removed,

without disturbing the chair or the wearing plates.

With the construction above described, the load is distributed equally on and between a series of ties and never falls wholly on the ties in the vertical plane of the load, and by enlarging the top flanges of the tie so as to support the ties from the top, the rails can be brought much nearer the road bed, without increasing the depth of the ballast, than they can, when the ties are supported on the bottom flanges. Again the construction as a whole is free of external pro ection which could be knocked off by the wheels in the event of a derailment, and by changing the size and cross sectional area of the wearing strips, rails of all'sizes and weights may be used without disturbing the chairs, ties or ballast.

If it be necessary or desirable to insulate the rail it can be done as shown in Fig. 5 which is identicll with Fig. 1, except that a covering 21 of suitable insulating material is placed over the upper edges of the upwardly projecting flange 9 of the chair section, and a facing 22 of insulating material applied to the lower face of the wearing strips 13, on top face of the shoulders 8 or is inserted as a separate member between said parts. The locking strips 17, make contact with the insulation 21, andhence are insulated from the chairs while the insulation between the wearing strips and the chair insulates the girders on which the rail rests. I

The'slots in the top flange 9 of the chair sectlon are provided w1th an insulating bushing 23 which insulates the tongues 14 of i It is evident that many slight changesmight be resorted to in the relative arrangement of parts shown and described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to confine myself to the exact'construction and arrangement of parts shown and described but I-Ia ving fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent. is 2- 1. In a railroad track construction, the combination of a tie, a chair having a shoulder and a top flange, a wearing strip on the shoulder and a rail locking device engaging both faces of said top flange above the wearing strip and adapted to overhang the base flange of the rail.

2. In railroad track construction,the combination of ties, chairs secured to the latter .and having supporting shoulders and a top flange, and rail locking strips engaging both faces of said top flange and adapted to overhang the base flange of the rail.

3. In railroad track construction,the combination of a tie, a chair having a curved top flange and a rail locking strip secured to and engaging both faces of said curved top flange and overhanging the base flange of the rail.

4. In railroad track construction,the comi bination of a tie, a chair having a'curved top flange and a rail locking strip bent upon itself and curved to conform to the curvature of the top flange and engaging both I der and a top flange, a Wearing strip on said shoulder and provided with a' tongue passing through a slot in the flange and a locking strip bent to engage both faces of the top flange and curved to overhang the base flange of the rail, thefree edges of said locking strip engaging the wearing strip.

7. In railroad track construction, the combination of a tie, a chair having a shoulder and a top flange and a rail locking strip embracing and bearing against both faces of said top flange and overhanging the base flange of the rail, the inner edgesv of said strip forming side abutments for the flange of the rail. 7

8. In railroad track construction,the combination of a tie, a chair having shoulders and top flanges, and rail locking strips embracing and bearing against both faces of said top flanges and overhanging the base flange of the rail, the inner edgesof said locking strips being of unequal lengths and forming side abutments for the rail. 7

In railroad track construction the combination of a tie, two part chairs thereon, each part of a chair having a shoulder and a top flange, girders suspended from said shoulders, rails resting on the girders and locking strips each embracing both faces of the top flange of a chair section and overhanging the base flange of a rail.

10. In railroad track construction, the

combination of atie, two part chairs thereon, each part of a chair having a shoulder and a top 'flange, wearing strips, on said shoulders, girders supported on said wearing strips, rails resting on the girders, and locking strips each embracing both faces of the top flange of a chair section and overhanging the base flange of a rail.

11. In railroad track construction, the combination of a tie, a chair having atop flange and a rail locking strip bent upon itself and conforming tothe shape of the top flange and engaging both faces of the,

latter.

12. In railroad track construction, the

combination of a tie, a chair having a top flange, a rail locking strip bent upon itself and conforming to the shape of said top flange and engaging both faces of the latter, insulating material between said top flange and rail locking strip and insulating material between the rail and the chair.

13. In railroad track construction, the combination of a tie, a chair having a curved top flange, a rail locking strip bent upon itself and conforming to the shape of said top flange and: engaging both faces of the latter, insulating material covering that portion of the top flange embraced by the locking strip and insulating material between the rail and chair.

14. In railroad track construction, the combination of a tie, a chair having a shoulder and a curved top flange, insulating material covering the upper end of said top flange, rail locking means secured against said'covering and overhanging but not con tacting with. the base flange of the rail, a wearing strip on the shoulder of the chair and insulating material between said shoulder and wearing strip.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

WILLIAM HENRY MORGAN. Witnesses:

N. C. Fnrrnns, C. R. RICHARDS.

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